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Astros found so much value giving some players chance to figure it out at big league level that would have been marginalized on a competing club. Makes me want to not sign any position players, which was a preference anyway, but underscores it.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 2, 2017 -> 09:34 AM) The "State and local tax one" is going to be tough. If I'm running as a Democrat in downstate Illinois and my opponent voted for this, I'm totally running on the fact that they voted to raise taxes on Illinois to cut taxes in Indiana. And they'll just say you support MS-13 and want to turn the district into a sanctuary city.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Nov 2, 2017 -> 09:26 AM) Sure, because they'll use the enormous hole in the budget they're trying to create to justify harsh austerity measures a few years down the road, and Third Way centrists and weak democrats (looking at you Lipinski) will go along with them. "starve the beast" is intentional That's the thing though, no way in hell lipinsky would vote for the pay-fors that directly affect his district.

Given the circumstances it's hard to see the corporate tax rate decrease go to anything but dividend payments. You can make argument it will soften blow of higher labor costs, but I don't see it.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Nov 1, 2017 -> 06:06 PM) Given who her Dad is, I'm sure she'll land in some comfortable opportunity somewhere, that's how politics works. She will be given a job on CNN for her unique perspective into a presidential administration.

The good news is it seems we have turned a corner in trying them in US court system

Those republicans were so much more politically savvy than these ones, and were also coming off a budget surplus and had the "why should the government keep your money?" line.

I still think White Sox see AA as the main challenge for hitters. It's charlotte that i don't think they will feel need to keep him.

DOA in senate. No way mortgage-interest deduction could be touched on a partisan basis, especially when the tax decreases aren't really making up for it. Can't believe Rs would put a vote on that. They'll get crushed with ads.

Poor darvish

Glad I’m a casual baseball fan so I can still enjoy a great series and not just shoe gaze

Can’t wait for a monotone declaration from Joe Buck in the last out.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Nov 1, 2017 -> 11:37 AM) It has to be indisputable evidence to overturn the call on the field, and that was anything but indisputable evidence. when he points to the ball being loose on the ground, YOU CANT EVEN SEE THE BALL Here's what I think. They called it incomplete because he dropped it well after he caught it. They realized it was unpopular so went backward trying to argue the other parts of the catch it touched the ground even though it clearly didn't.

I thought we'd actually turned a corner on trying terrorists in US civilian courts but apparently very much not.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Nov 1, 2017 -> 11:59 AM) I admittedly haven't read these other accounts, but I suspect Spacey was considered more of a drunken pervert than a "molester." I get that sexual interaction with minors is considered rape/assault regardless of consent, but I suspect most that are around the industry assume a fair share of these minors are just as interested as these acts as the offenders, and thus justify their looking the other way in that regard. For your first paragraph I agree with this, I would be surprised if that was true that's why I was asking for clarification. Second paragraph makes me ill just to read. I truly hope there were no more victims.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 1, 2017 -> 11:52 AM) Does the NFL have camera angles that television doesn't have? If that's the case...show that angle in the official NFL review. They are pointing to something they in no way could say is showing the ball on the ground. It's a disgrace.

QUOTE (BrianAnderson @ Nov 1, 2017 -> 10:13 AM) Also forgot to say I was clearing my own table.. in years past, although it was more crowded when a table opened up you'd sit down and within a minute a bus boy would clear and clean the table and a server would come up to you. The last few times I sat with dirty plates in front of me for 5 minutes+ without anybody caring ... just kind of a gross dining experience. That being said, they still keep the resources and staff size for Scout Seats, so that's a positive. I feel for you. One of the reasons I hate april/early may games is aside from the weather being garbage, they staff next to no one for the small attendance. You wait in line all game for food and beer, walk halfway across stadium for open food/drink areas. You think 'wow this will be great at least everything will be easy with so few people" but in reality it's just a worse atmosphere with worse attendance. Summer games with 20k are a lot easier imo than april games with 12k

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Nov 1, 2017 -> 11:42 AM) Hell, Olivia Munns lawyer told her not to do anything because of Ratners power in the industry. You need both courage and a lawyer to be brave as well We are talking about victims coming out, and I am talking about ancillary characters participating in cover up. THe courage of victims to come forward and the rest of their lives have people associating them to the worst part of their lives is incredible. The lack of courage of people who just want to keep an associate producer job so would put up, with this case, with a possible serial child molester is scary to me.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Nov 1, 2017 -> 11:42 AM) That's probably because your hate for him clouds your logic. Muslims were beat and targeted after 9/11 in NY under GWB anyways. Ok, what happens if the president defends and does not discourage that violence, says the attackers were very fine people defending themselves? Would less attacks happen?

By this time in Bush's presidency, he was 2 months removed from the worst terror attack in US history, and it would be about 17 months before we would invade Iraq. Trump has shown no sign he is actually a dove at this point. If an attack the size of 9/11 happened on his watch, his words have offered plenty on how he would handle.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Nov 1, 2017 -> 10:18 AM) I dunno, I guess I've always assumed that this sort of thing happens in circles where the powerful, wealthy, famous, etc run. Obviously it happens outside of those circles as well, but when you have people with power, influence and money, people will look the other way a lot of times in order to share in those things. I by no means want to get into a big debate about human sexuality, but humans will be humans, and drunken humans will be even worse. Luckily, most of us tend to obey some of these arbitrary laws meant to protect certain members of society, but not everyone will. And if you are someone that has something to offer those around you, a lot of secrets are kept. I know it isn't a hot take by any means, but it doesn't shock me at all that some of the worst in humans tends to come out in excess when you allow people to feast on power, wealth and influence. I'm not shocked when I hear the ability of weinstein to bully silence, or radner, or halperin. Shocked by the numbers and sad about it. And I think the sad and unfair thing is in their mind they are somewhat playing a game of hollywood and the lack of distance to reality emboldens them. But I did not believe child actors or children in general would be part of that. There are a lot of touchpoints with hollywood actors and films moreso than the power meetings with director and casting. If low-level tech people knew an actor was innappropriate with children, yeah I'm just shocked that doesn't go through to at least journalists prior.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 1, 2017 -> 10:05 AM) It is the same thing he has said about everyone for years now. I don't recall him mentioning specific players like this. There's a difference, imo, between saying everyone is available and mentioning specific guys.

I sort of agree. I will be surprised if he's moved just because I don't see a market, but it's weird Hahn would go out of his way to say Abreu/Garcia are available.

That browns stuff turned out to be false I heard.

QUOTE (Reddy @ Oct 31, 2017 -> 10:23 PM) I mean... Yes? Obviously not defending, but there's a difference between making a move and the kid rebuffing it and actual rape. As for shame on us, there's nothing any of us could've said or done that would've meant anything. Rapp has credibility and name recognition. That's the difference there. There's a reason I asked what you actually heard, it's still unclear. It is very shocking to me that it would be an open secret that Spacey was predatory toward children. And look at Rapp in 86...he was not a "younger guy" he was a kid. And I just doubt if he did that it was an isolated incident. People shrugging shoulders at stuff like that is how situations like Penn St. happen. I mean seriously what would people's reaction be if at a party they went upstairs and caught a family friend on top of a 14 year old boy at midnight after the friend had been drinking. It would be taken seriously I'm sure.